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Digging It Up Down Under

A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia

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Authors:
  1. Claire Smith

    1. Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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  2. Heather Burke

    1. Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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  • First in a practical series of manuals – each targeted to a specific region of the world
  • Series is published in conjunction with the World Archaeological Congress – one of the few truly international archaeological bodies in the world
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. A Brief History of Australian Archaeology

    Pages 1-22

  3. An Introduction to Indigenous Australia

    Pages 23-57

  4. Finding Funding

    Pages 58-87

  5. Living It Up Down Under: Working in an Australian Setting

    Pages 88-123

  6. Working with the Legislation

    Pages 124-164

  7. Doing Archaeology in Aboriginal Australia

    Pages 165-193

  8. Doing Historical Archaeology in Australia

    Pages 194-214

  9. Doing Maritime Archaeology in Australia

    Pages 215-226

  10. Conserving and Managing Cultural Heritage

    Pages 227-253

  11. Documentation and Publication

    Pages 254-278

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 279-325
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About this book

Digg^f^g it up Down Under is the first book in a new series of Global Cultural Heritage Manuals being published by Springer. The aim of this series is to provide the essential information needed to conduct archaeological fieldwork in various parts of the world. This series of hands-on field manuals have been written for both undergraduate and graduate students, and for emerging professionals. Each book constitutes a step-by-step guide to undertaking and successfully completing cultural heritage fieldwork in a particular country or region. The Global Cultural Heritage Manuals Series fills the need for a cohesive series of regional field manuals for archaeologists. While there are a number of useful books that provide an introduction to archaeological techniques, these books tend to focus primarily on conditions in North America or Britain, and this makes them of limited value to archaeologists working in other parts of the world. The Global Cultural Heritage Manuals Series fills this gap, not only through providing information specifically crafted to the ethical, legislative and environ­ mental conditions of each region or country, but also by providing the detailed advice on the complex process of undertaking archaeological fieldwork in dif­ ferent parts of the world. The books in this series are structured so they guide practitioners through the entire archaeological process, from research design and obtaining funding, visas and permissions, to site recording, analysis, report writing and other forms of publication.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Smith and Burke have produced an interesting and engaging introduction to doing archaeology in Australia, not just in terms of procedure, but also its historical, ethical, and social contexts. And the authors do so in a way that not only addresses the needs of professional archaeologists, but also, through the scope and style of the volume, makes a great deal of information accessible to students, Indigenous communities, heritage managers, and non-government organisations ... ." (George Nicholas, Australian Archaeology, Vol. 68, June, 2009)

Digging It Up Down Under often reads like an archaeologist's edition of The Rough Guide to Australia... This volume clearly provides the local knowledge necessary to prepare any archaeologist (or student, or volunteer) for a field season or job in the Land Down Under....the greatest appeal of this volume is its potential to help further engage archaeologists – no matter where they work - in cross-cultural discussions about their roles as cultural heritage managers. (Lynda Carroll, Historical Archaeology 44:2 Spring 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    Claire Smith, Heather Burke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Digging It Up Down Under

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia

  • Authors: Claire Smith, Heather Burke

  • Series Title: World Archaeological Congress Cultural Heritage Manual Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35263-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-35260-2Published: 17 November 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75700-1Published: 19 October 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-35263-3Published: 14 March 2007

  • Series ISSN: 2626-7454

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-7462

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 325

  • Topics: Archaeology, History, general

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